Silent Testimony

Psalm 19

In this psalm, David, the author/composer, directs his attention to two witnesses of God's character. The first witness is wordless and voiceless but declares the glory of God to all who will listen. The second witness is one of words and speaks of God's character to all who will read or hear. David begins with the more general testimony of creation and moves to the more specific revelation of the Law.
I find it interesting that people love the first part of this psalm that talks about creation's witness to the glory of God but don't focus much on the second part of this psalm that points out the Law's witness to God's character. David spends more time talking about the witness of the Law than he does about the witness of creation. It would seem that he values or appreciates the Law's testimony more than creation's testimony. Yet we love to focus on God's glory as seen in Creation. I wonder if it is because the Law, or more generally, Scripture, is too convicting. We can delight in the creativity and glory of God in nature without being too convicted but when we read Scripture we don't get very far before we are confronted with our depravity and sinfulness.
My prayer is that I would learn to see God's glory more clearly in creation. I think sometimes I limit creation's testimony to big things like storms and mountains. I want to know God so intimately that I can see his fingerprints in all of creation: in the grass along the coulees, in the ant hill, in the garden, in the park, in the sky and in the dirt. Even as I say that I am convicted because I believe that I will know God more intimately and see him more clearly in creation not by studying creation more but by studying Scripture more. As I learn more about who God is from Scripture I am confident that I will see evidence of him more clearly in nature.
David obviously loves Scripture because it fuels his knowledge of and love of the Lord. With the help of the Spirit, I too will love Scripture and value it more than gold for the same reason; because it points me to Jesus.

light burderns

Matthew 11:25-30

The key words in this passages are: hidden, revealed, come, burdened, easy and light. There are a couple of lines that are repetitive, almost poetic in nature: No one knows the Son except the Father and no one knows the Father except the Son. There is also a contrast between the burdens that religion places on people and the rest that Christ brings. There is also a contrast between the knowledge of the intellectuals and the faith of the children.
The word "reveal" is used twice. Once to talk about how the Father has revealed the truth to the simple and child-like and the other to indicate that Jesus chooses to reveal the Father to certain people (likely the simple and child-like as well).
Jesus is saying that the truth is revealed by the Father through Jesus and that the Father and the Son (I believe that the implication is that the Spirit is involved as well) work together to decide to whom the truth should be revealed to. The implications for this are huge! It is obvious to me that God in his sovreignty is choosing to reveal the truth to some and keep it hidden from others. I find this conclusion troubling but can't conclude otherwise from my study of Scripture. I can see how people would see God as vindictive, playing favourites and unfair. I have to work really hard to see the justice and grace of God in this but his grace is seen in his choosing anyone to reveal truth to. Because of our rebellion, he is not obliged to reveal his truth to anyone. And yet, I find it hard to argue for fairness when he only chooses to reveal truth to a few. Any thoughts?